Without genuine land reform, social justice evades Filipino farmers
Without genuine land reform, social justice evades Filipino farmers
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“How do farmers recover their expenses if their harvest is not enough?”
By NICO PINPIN and CHARISSE MAYUGA
Bulatlat.com
MANILA – For Abby Bucad, a daughter of an agrarian reform beneficiary in the controversial Hacienda Tinang, the incessant price hikes of oil, food, and other staples made them restless in the past months. This, however, is just the tip of the iceberg.
On June 9, Bucad was among the nearly a hundred farmer-beneficiaries of the agrarian reform program who were arrested while they were holding a collective land tilling in a portion of the 200-hectare estate in Tarlac, a province north of Manila. Their plight brought to mind how land reform and due support continue to evade Filipino farmers.
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